Axolotls May Hold the Key to Regrowing Limbs, and Scientists Are Unraveling Their Secrets to Help Humans Do the Same
With the help of gene-edited axolotls, researchers have gotten one step closer to enabling human limb regeneration
Axolotls are helping scientists understand the key to limb regeneration.
Alyssa Stone / Northeastern University
Axolotls have a superpower: The adorable, perpetually smiling salamanders have the ability to regrow missing body parts in just a few weeks. Now, in a new study that scientists say could one day help humans regenerate limbs, researchers have revealed how the animals pull t...
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